Following the trial, the Aquaman actress has relocated to Spain where she is now raising her family.
Heard, 39, has now opened up about the impact that the court case and the public and social media response to it in a new documentary called Silenced, which premiered on Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival.
In an interview with Variety for the film, Heard opened up about the difficult period with a heartbreaking statement.”This is not about me,” she said. “I have lost my ability to speak. I am not here to tell my story.”
‘In fact, I don’t want to use my voice anymore,” she told the film’s director Selina Miles. “That’s the problem.”
She went on to talk about the defamation trial itself, saying: “The outcome of that trial depended on my participation, and I depended on the outcome of that trial.”
Heard added: “What has happened to me is an amplified version of what a lot of women live through.”
